Brief Life History of Jacob
When Jacob Mauss was born on 13 June 1877, in Papillion, Sarpy, Nebraska, United States, his father, Jacob Mauss, was 44 and his mother, Magdalena Kelsch, was 35. He married Bendegthe Lisabet Steffensen on 23 June 1897, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 17 April 1947, in Marysvale, Piute, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Jacob Mauss, "Nebraska State Census, 1885"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jacob Mauss - birth-name: Jacob Mauss
- Jacob Mauss, Jr., "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Wilhelm.
German: variant of Maus .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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